G/TBT/N/TZA/362  
18 December 2019  
(19-8810) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Spices and 
condiments (ICS 67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 07(6574) 
P3 Cardamoms — Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for cardamom, Elettaria cardamomum (L) Maton var. cardamomum. 
This standard does no t cover the capsules or seeds of genus Amomum.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 33, Spices and condiments — Sampling  
TZS 109, Codes of hygiene for food processing units — General  
TZS 538/EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — General requirements  
TZS 1315, Spices and condiments — Determinatio n of extraneous matter and foreign 
matter content  
TZS 1316, Spices and condiments — Determination of total ash  
TZS 1318, Spices and condiments — Determination of moisture content — Entrainment 
method  
TZS 1320, Spices and condiments — Determination of volat ile oil content 
(hydrodistillation method)  
TZS 1492, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of tin content  G/TBT/N/TZA/362  
 
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  TZS 1495, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of copper content  
TZS 1500, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of zinc content  
TZS 1501, Fruits and  vegetables — Determination of mercury content  
TZS 1502, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of Arsenic content  
TZS 1581 -Part 1, Determination of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
TZS 1501:2016/ ISO 6637 -1984Fruits,  vegetables and derived products – Sampling and 
methods of test – Part 16: Determination of mercury content – Flameless atomic 
absorption method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by  the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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